Founded almost 100 years ago, McCann-Erickson Worldwide is a leading global advertising agency network. The company is a unit of McCann Worldgroup, of one of the largest marketing and communications companies in the world and part of the Interpublic Group of Companies. In addition to its award-winning creative work, the agency also provides a variety of marketing support services, including market research, consumer focus groups, media buying strategies and programs, public relations campaigns, political campaigns, nonprofit marketing programs and a full slate of Web and new media services. McCann has won several Agency of the Year awards from Adweek magazine, as well as numerous American Marketing Association EFFIE awards. McCann-Erickson Worldwide maintains its headquarters in New York, has an office in San Francisco, and operates in more than 130 countries worldwide.